Money and the Airport

I'm still in the planning stages of trying to decide how much money to bring to CSS. Because I plan on doing a little exploring off the resort and I need to do some tipping I'm bringing a couple of hundred dollars in cash. Of course broken down into 1's, 5's, 10's and a few 20's my question is has anyone ever had a problem going thru airport security both in the states and Jamaica with large amounts of money? I plan on keeping the money in either my purse or my bf wallet I was just wondering has anybody been harassed or questioned for having large amounts of money. LOL I think because my trip is next month I'm becoming a bit paranoid over what could go wrong.

We usually bring about double that amount in cash and nobody has ever mentioned anything to us. I carry half and my husband carries half. I'm sure people travel every day carrying much more $$ than that!! You'll be fine! Go and enjoy your vacation!

We always take a couple of hundred dollars for both of us.I will put about $20 in my wallet in small bills and the rest in another part of my carry on. I don't carry a purse on the plane. Come to think of it, I don't carry a purse to Jamaica anymore. Anyway, just my wallet and the rest of the cash in another secure location. That way when I pull out my wallet to pay or tip, the person I am doing business with doesn't see a wad of bills, even though they are usually $1's and $5's. I use my camera case when we do excursions to carry my cash and id. My wallet sits in the safe.

No way - on our honeymoon we had a ton of wedding cash, and we had no problem. Since then, we've been to Jamaica a few more times and we always bring a few hundred $$. No one will be the wiser unless you're counting it in full view or something. I'm pretty sure any amount less than $10K is legal anyway. No worries.

There is not a limit to how much cash you can take with you out of the states. I dont know if jamaica has a limit on to how much you take in. A few hundred dollars wont get you a second look, we went with 300. I would split money between you and BF just incase one of you lost it though.

On the way back if you have more than $10,000 you have to declare it with customs.

We take twice that much in cash with no problems .... Just a suggestion but we split it into 3 or 4 places ... Some in my billfold, some in hubby's wallet, some in an envelope in my travel docs folder, & sometimes even put some in a envelope in a book down in my carry on bag .... that way if we lose a wallet or something, we still have cash. No worries about the amount, though. I think it asks you on the immigration/customs form if you're carrying $10,000 in cash ...... That's never been an issue for us .... LOL!

I work for TSA and 10,000 is the limit of US curency allowed to be traveled with if you plan on bringing even a dollar more be prepared for interegation.....there are forms for carrying 10k or more but I doubt any of us are traveling with that kind of cash

Actually, there IS a top dollar amount that you can carry with you internationally... but trust me... its much more than what you and I would consider "walking around" money... I believe the maximum is $10k.